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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
FOR
ICTORY
' BUY
UNITED STATES
BONDS * STAMPS
VOLUME IX NUMBER 11
THE PINK RIVER JOURNAL, I'INE KIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA FRIDAY, DECEMBERS, 1943
SUB: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
V
1
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GeeDeeBee
Never Too Young To Learn
Some of the old-time hunters in
these parts who turned up after the
deer season was over, without a deer,
might take a lesson from 12-year old
Marvin, Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Nelson who was deer-hunting
for ti.e first time in his life and who
brought down a nice doe with the
first shot he fired. He was hunting
with his father and several other men
who were making a drive but was all
alone when he spotted the loping deer.
* * * *
After the first shot brought the
deer down, the lad ran up and seeing
there was still life in the animal, shot
him twice more In the neck and head.
* * * *
Somebody Read It
John Itoser tells us that be has had
so many requests to see his '"odd gift"
that he will have to bring it around
pretty quick in self-defense.
Mrs. Skinner received honorable
mention in the camp paper where her
son Jim is located. It seems she sent
Jim a box of home-baked goodies and
the regiment helped him eat it—
much to their pleasure and are In
hopes that Sgt. Skinner will again be
on the receiving end of a similar box.
4c * * *
A Good Thought
It's better to remain silent and be
thought a fool, than to speak and leave no doubt.—Ooolidge
* * v »
The following poem was sent by a
soldier from the South Pacific and is
worth re-printing:
* * * *
In The Tropics
Somewhere in the tropics where the
sun is like a curse
And each long day is followed by
another slightly worse;
Where the flies are a whole lot thicker than any desert sand,
Where a sailor dreams and wishes for
his good old Homeland.
Somewhere in the tropics where a
woman is never seen,
Where the sky is ever cloudy and the
grass is ever green,
Where the cocoanuts nightly falling
robs a man of blessed sleep,
Where there isn't any whiskey and
the beer is never sweet.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
nights are made for love,
Where the moon is like a spotlight
and the southern cross above
Sparkles like a diamond necklace in
a tropic balmy night;
It's a shameless waste of beauty when
there's not a girl in sight.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
mail is always late,
Where a Christmas card in March is
considered up to date;
Where we seldom know wd.en payday
is and we'd never miss a cent
But we never miss the money 'cause
we'd never get it spent.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
ants and lizzards play,
Where a thousand fresh mosquitos
replace each one you slay;
So, take me back to old New York and
let me hear the children yell,
Because this forsaken outpost is only
a substitute for hell.
* * * *
PULPWOOD FALLS ON BERLIN
If you picked up this newspaper and
read that American Liberator bombers had just dropped 100 cords of pulp
wood on Berlin, you could be excused
for thinking that the editor, or author
of the war communique had gone crazy.
* * * »
Or, if you read that our powerful
Battleship X had fired three-salvos of
pulpwood from its lG-inch guns and
sank one of Tojo's dwindling carriers.
* * * *
We]] i( wouldn't be madness, neces-
j sar'lly; just another way of stating a
rifacfc For pulpwood such as we are
cutting in this community today, goes
Into the making of smokeless powder
for bombs and shells just as it does
into hundreds of other materials of
war.
So if yon feel like taking part in the
shooting, just gel out your axe and cut
some pulpwood. Your Uncle Sam
will see ..that it gets delivered where
and when it will do Hie army and navy the most good.
* * * *
Perhaps one of the local boys would
like to make the final delivery to Tojo
or Hitler. That's why It's lmportahl
now to "Cut-a-Cord of Pulpwood For
Every Local Boy in Service."
SMOPP3NG
WEEKS LEFTr
to Buy
GLOVES ._ ..
for r-j,._5v^/
HELEN S? ' --$_•
Sat/ Cftrteims&ea/s
Commercial Club
to Again Sponsor
Christmas Party
The commercial club" voted Tuesday
evening to sponsor the annual Christmas program again this year. The
event will take place on Saturday,
December IS at the armory. A free
bag of treats will be given to each
child who attends. Watch your Journal for further announcement.
German War
Prisoners to Work
Near Park Rapids
Contracts were signed recently by
seven Park Rapids tlinfbef operators
and representative- of the War Depart
meat for the use of 240 German prisoners of wiir in cutting pulpwood and
doing other timber work in the area.
Army officers have been in I'ark Ra-
pids for tie p"asl two weeks conferring
with the operators and Inspecting
sites where it is planned the prisoners
would be employed. Proposed camp
sites were also inspected and tw$ of
them were given approval.
One of the camps is located at
Squaw Lake, west of Itasra State
Park, lt is a former Civilian < '■■ nser-
vation cam]), now under control of the
state. The other site is located iu the
vicinity of Park Rapids and timber
operators for'whom the prisoners will
work are making arrangements to improve it according to War Department
specifications.
Prisoners will be boosed In these
two camps and will be transports, to
and from work by army trucks daily.
The prisoners are expected to arrive about December 15. A ft roe of
from fifty to sixty soldiers and officers
will be stationed at the two camps to
guard prisoners while at work. Res
ponsibility for the safe-keeping of the
men rests with the war department.
The seven firms ti give empliy-
ment to the prisoners and the number of men each has been alloted is as
follows:
Northern Pine Manufacturing Co.,
100.
Park Rapids Saw Mill Co., ~>0
M. C. Johnson, 30
J. R. Wilson, 20
Arnold Kahlstorf 20
Edwin hot, 10
Morley Timber 0"- 10'
Prisoners will be paid for their labor by the operators for whom they
work at rates agreed upon by the government.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King and Paul
of Emily and S. Sgt. Ronald King of
Cherry Point, N. C, were din net-
guests at the Dale Dubbs home Friday. Ronald left from ben; to return
to lis camp.
Netos From Our Service Men
ttxtxtxtxtxtxtxa
From South Pacific
Pear Editor:
Just a few lines from the southwest.
First, I. want to thank you for sending
the Journal as I sure enjoy reading it.
I am now In the Southwest Pacific
and feeling fine although I have lost
30-ponnds in the three months I have
been out here. Our food is fair but
mostly dehydrated. It is terrifically
hot down here by the Equator. I never knew it could get so hot. I now
have a dark tan and am able to stay
outside most of the day as it takes
quite some time to get accustomed to
the heat. We also have lots of rain,
anil when it rains it really rains.
I can't say anything about the war
but you know by reading the news
that tie hoys are doing a swell job
and I hope it isn't too long before we
can all return home. I send a "Cheery"
hello to all my friends in Pine River.
—Dale YV. Trude
* * * *
FROM SOUTH PACIFIC
Dear Grant:
This is my first letter for a long
time. Hope things are OK hack in
Pine River and from what I hear thos...
people are really hacking us up. I met
a fellow the other day. just frcsli
from the states and he said the midwest realizes the seriousness of tl:e
war but that the fellows on the coast
think that us boys down bete are
having a picnic. Wonder how they'd
like a little shrapnel for oreakfast.
Those fellows who go on strike are
as bad as any enemy agent or saboteur. Thank heavens my home-town
is )i it guilty of these transgresSh net
I'm really proud of tie way Pine River is standing behind us. It's very
gratifying and I think a lot of communities in America could profit by
Cass and ('row Wing County's fine effort. If I ever get back, I want to per
sonally thank all those people for all
they have done.
I hope the football and basketball
tennis i ave a successful year and add,
another to Pine River's row of i ro-
phies.
I've met a lot of fellows out here
from near Pine Itiver and also several
that I knew when I was at Ft. Shelling. My hint Iter, Glenn is down In
this area somewhere but the South ]'a
toOPOOOOOO
cific is a big place and I haven't been
able to locate him as yet.
Hello and good-luck to all of you
back there.
—Sgt. Vernon Basore, USMC
* * * *
Fi om Trinidad
Dear Lon :
Well, have you had one of your early November cold spells or snowstorms yet? Isteadi I hope you are
havin ga nice late fall. It was nice to
bear from you again and also that
you are all set for winter. It's always
nice when a person can say ''Let 'er
come.
There isn't any change in the weath
er here. One day follows the next in
the same monotonous order and it gets
tiresome, especially when a person is
used to a change of seasons. An still
busy as h—and just as warm so a few
snow-balls would look darn good.
I had hoped to be back on leave by
this time and enjoy some pleasant
hunting and a good visit in Pine Itiver but it doesn't pay for anyone out
here in the tropics to plan on anything. I, think 1 could get twenty-
days now but with the Christmas rush,
poor transportation, etc., I've decided
to wait until April and see what I can
do about my leave then. I now have
1."i-iiHiiit lis service in the tropics and
if I wait until I have 18, I should get
thirty-days unless some more rules
are made Seems that all some folks
do is see how tough they can make
things.
Was sorry to hear of the passing of
Dave Triggs. He must have taken
sick very suddenly,
I manage to get the Journal once or
twice a month and should write to
Grant aud have my addressed changed
as he is still using my old address
Which is probably holding it up. Seems
1 don't find time to write much anymore but tbe paper keeps me well post
ed.
I Just got a now barber from the
states who lias heen working in a ship
yard and making $450 per month. He
says he 1 as to work a lot harder here
than he did back in the shipyards.
Got your fish-hous,. ready? There
Id be some big ones down at the
dam now thai they have'been left alone.
—Lowell Klein S lie
Fewer Coupons
For the Same
Am't of Gasoline
PUT HOUSE IN ORDER
REPAIR RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
Tiie B and C mileage ration coupons
to be issued after December l, will be
good for five-gallons each. This will
not mean more gasoline, however. It
merely means that motorists and gas
si.11 ion attendants will nave fewer
coupons to handle and there will be a
greater saving In time and expense as
a result. Practically all the current
B and c coupons will be used up within thirty-days it is estimated.
The new supplemental coupons will
bear the designation R-_ and C-2, replacing the present B and C coupons
which now provide two gallons of gas.
GFasollne retailers who paste the coupons they collect on gummed sheets
which are turned over to the wholesaler will find their work reduced by
one-half and attendants will not have
to make as many trips to the pumps
for small sales. One book will do the
work of two and part of a third book,
eliminating the extra books.
Homemakers' worries have been
lifted today, according to W. L. Jensen, northwest regional WP!'. official,
who announced the lifting of restrictions on the repair of electric appliances, including electric irons toasters, electric refrigerators, washing
machines and plumbing fixtures.
The order lifts the ban on the use
of steel, copper and ..lumiuum by
repair shops for domestic use. Mr.
Jensen said that those affected by the
order are farm machinery shops, electricians, blacksmiths, radio repair
.shops, plumbers, refrigerator repair
shops automotive repair shops and
upholstery shops.
On the proper certification a repair shop may buy up to 20-tons of
carbon alloy steel, r>oo-pounds of copper ami copper-base alloy, lbrass mill
and foundary products and 200-pOUnds
of aluminum in listed forms. In ad
dition, electrical repairmen may buy
$50 worth of copper wire per quarter.
LOCALS
Sell it witn a Want Ad! Call 09
Mr. and Mrs. Al Downing and Mr.
and Mrs. Art Zigmund were guests at
the Francis Siefert home on Thanksgiving.
Heated Village Election
Slows Up As Polling
Date Approaches
FAMILY OF TEN GO WEST
IN FORD AUTOMOBILE
Princeton.—Much attention was attracted to the Model A Eord being refueled at a local filling station a few
days ago. In the car was a family, of
ten, traveling from Rush City, Minnesota to California, wdiere the father is
employed in a war plant. At the wheel
'was a lad a little less than 15 years of
tage, and beside him sat his mother
holding a 5% months old baby; in the
back seat was a 13-year old girl and
six younger brothers and sisters.
Funeral Services
for Gust Lofman
Here Monday
Gust Lofmanj who has operated a
farm in this vicinity for the past 25
years, passed away at the Brainerd
hospital Wednesday morning, after
•being ill only a short While Mr. Lof-
>man was G3 years of age at the time
of his death.
Gust Valentine Lofman was born in
Finland. He was a bachelor and had
operated a farm near Pine River for
the past 25 years.
Funeral services will be held from
the Methodist Church, Pine River, on
Monday afternoon at 2 p. in. with
the Rev. Kulla of Brainerd officiating.
Interment will be made in the Pine
Ridge Cemetery.
Basketball Schedule
Following is the basketball schedule for this season released by coach
Johnson for Pine River:
December 3: Pillager Here
December 10: Sebeka There
December 14: Brainerd There
January T: Pequot Lakes There
January 11: Crosby-Irohton Here
January 14: Backus Here
January 21 : Aitkin There
January 22: Crosby-Ironton There
February 4: Pequot Lakes Here
February 8: Menahga Here
February 11 : Pillager There
February IS: Backus There
February 25: Aitkin Here
BOX OF SHOTGUN SHELLS
IS FORTY-YEARS OLD
What started out to be a heated,
campaign for village offices, has
slowed up to the point where no opposition is offered.
By Saturday evening closing date
for filing, there were two candidate*"
for village clerk and three for mayor
Or president of the council • W. J.
Webb and L. M. Severeid filed for
clerk, the latter by petition and Homer Fraser, Harry Luscher and C. V.
Gardiner for mayor but by Monday all
candidates had withdrawn with the
exception of L. M. Severeid and Mr.
Gardiner whose names will appear on
the ballot without opposition. Francis Siefert is the only candidate for
councilman for a three-year term and
Miss Alice Henry will have no opposition in the treasurer's race.
The election will be held Tuesday,
December 7, at the armory from 8 a.
m., to 8 p. m.
Answered Call in
November
The following men were accepted
for service in the armed forces in the
November call:
Russell Peterson, Pine Biver
Theodore Purcell, Pine River
Dorian Zaske, I'ine River
Charlie Webster, Cass Lake
Edward Jackson Cass Lake
Clifford Swenson, Walker
Paul Webster, (yiss Lake
George Browneagle, Cass Lake
Richard Harrington, Pequot <Lakes-
Richard Neises Cass Lake
B'obert Goss, Cass Lake
Lyle Gilstead, Remer
Bernard Kleen, Oshawa
Clarence Harrington, Pequot Lakes
Melvin Rothwell, Poplar
Carles Allen, Pilager
Leonard Davidson, Pillager
William Butterfield, Remer
Wesley Merritt, Hackensack
< >le Hagen, Walker
Karl Priem, Bena
DAIRY FEED PAYMENTS
New Richland.'—:Never 'lias there
been a more opportune time since the
year 1903, than this year to find the
40-year old box of shotgun shells that
came to light here a few days ago.
Kussell, Peterson, rummaging for
rags on top of his store refrigerator,
found a box dated 1903, and from till
.appearances it was placed there at
that time. Each shell is charged with
liallistite powder made in England, although tbe shells were manufactured
liv Winchester.
WSCS Bazaar
The AAA office announced this week
that about 600 drafts for payments to
producers of dairy products had been
mailed. E. J. Dorsey, chairman of the
county committee, urged that all farmers to whom applications for this
payment have been mailed, should sign
and return them immediately to the
county office so that drafts may be
issued.
Farmers who have not yet mailed
their cream statements or other evidence of sale, should keep them and
ii elude the three months of October,
November and December together.
This evidence will be called for early
in January.
TWIN CALVES BORN
SIX WEEKS APART
Don't forget the sale of aprons, rugs
and fancy-work at the M. E. Church
Bazaar tomorrow. Cirele No. 1 will
also offer a fine assortment of baked
goods for sale. Pie, sandwiches and
coffee will be served all afternoon.
Riosseau.—'The Guernsey-Jersey cow-
in tiie Albert Nelson herd who bore
two calves six weeks apart certainly
did Iher "darndest" to increase production. It sounds almost unbelievable but this is what happened. One
afternoon six-weeks after the birth of
a perfectly normal calf, the cow seemed very uneasy and took to the woods,
returning in the evening •with another
normal calf.
"We Are Buying War Bonds—Are You?"
Marvin Lundin has received his induction call and will soon leave for
Sheppard Field, Texas wliere lie will
train in the Army Air Corps.
Part of Sgt. Edward Straube's left
foot was shot away at Ferryville,
near Bizerte, North Africa. At Hal-
loran General Hospital, Staten Island,
N. Y., they are building up his foot
| bOj, ,\'. J., buys \«_r UoH-M regularly.
Sgt. Bernard Bello, 22, of New York,
was wounded by snipers during the
Sicilian campaign. His grandparents
live in Naples, and he has a brother
In the Army. Both buy War Bonds
l", ;id'M\;.. l),j v u t'n sis -••-r\?
Technician 5th Grade John A. Wis-
niewski, 25, of Door, Mich., lost his
right eye, three fingers and suffered
chest wounds from shrapnel in the
fight to capture Tunis. He is now
recovering at Halloran and is a regular "77,-ir E_ij)_ purchaser.
Pvt. Bernard Heidemann's left leg will
be two inches shorter when he is discharged from Halloran. He was wounded by a German bullot during the operations in Sicily last August. His
home is Chicago. He has been in traction since ^ept. He's buying bonds.
The nickname of Fvt. Milton Lieber-
man, 27, of Brooklyn, is "Clark Gable." He was wounded in Sicily last
August and has been at Halloran
since October. Every payday $12.50
is taken out for War Bonds Lieber-
man is buying. How many do you buy?

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
FOR
ICTORY
' BUY
UNITED STATES
BONDS * STAMPS
VOLUME IX NUMBER 11
THE PINK RIVER JOURNAL, I'INE KIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA FRIDAY, DECEMBERS, 1943
SUB: $1.50 Pine River and Vicinity, $2.00 Elsewhere
V
1
Out of the . .
Waste Basket
—By—
GeeDeeBee
Never Too Young To Learn
Some of the old-time hunters in
these parts who turned up after the
deer season was over, without a deer,
might take a lesson from 12-year old
Marvin, Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Nelson who was deer-hunting
for ti.e first time in his life and who
brought down a nice doe with the
first shot he fired. He was hunting
with his father and several other men
who were making a drive but was all
alone when he spotted the loping deer.
* * * *
After the first shot brought the
deer down, the lad ran up and seeing
there was still life in the animal, shot
him twice more In the neck and head.
* * * *
Somebody Read It
John Itoser tells us that be has had
so many requests to see his '"odd gift"
that he will have to bring it around
pretty quick in self-defense.
Mrs. Skinner received honorable
mention in the camp paper where her
son Jim is located. It seems she sent
Jim a box of home-baked goodies and
the regiment helped him eat it—
much to their pleasure and are In
hopes that Sgt. Skinner will again be
on the receiving end of a similar box.
4c * * *
A Good Thought
It's better to remain silent and be
thought a fool, than to speak and leave no doubt.—Ooolidge
* * v »
The following poem was sent by a
soldier from the South Pacific and is
worth re-printing:
* * * *
In The Tropics
Somewhere in the tropics where the
sun is like a curse
And each long day is followed by
another slightly worse;
Where the flies are a whole lot thicker than any desert sand,
Where a sailor dreams and wishes for
his good old Homeland.
Somewhere in the tropics where a
woman is never seen,
Where the sky is ever cloudy and the
grass is ever green,
Where the cocoanuts nightly falling
robs a man of blessed sleep,
Where there isn't any whiskey and
the beer is never sweet.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
nights are made for love,
Where the moon is like a spotlight
and the southern cross above
Sparkles like a diamond necklace in
a tropic balmy night;
It's a shameless waste of beauty when
there's not a girl in sight.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
mail is always late,
Where a Christmas card in March is
considered up to date;
Where we seldom know wd.en payday
is and we'd never miss a cent
But we never miss the money 'cause
we'd never get it spent.
Somewhere in the tropics where the
ants and lizzards play,
Where a thousand fresh mosquitos
replace each one you slay;
So, take me back to old New York and
let me hear the children yell,
Because this forsaken outpost is only
a substitute for hell.
* * * *
PULPWOOD FALLS ON BERLIN
If you picked up this newspaper and
read that American Liberator bombers had just dropped 100 cords of pulp
wood on Berlin, you could be excused
for thinking that the editor, or author
of the war communique had gone crazy.
* * * »
Or, if you read that our powerful
Battleship X had fired three-salvos of
pulpwood from its lG-inch guns and
sank one of Tojo's dwindling carriers.
* * * *
We]] i( wouldn't be madness, neces-
j sar'lly; just another way of stating a
rifacfc For pulpwood such as we are
cutting in this community today, goes
Into the making of smokeless powder
for bombs and shells just as it does
into hundreds of other materials of
war.
So if yon feel like taking part in the
shooting, just gel out your axe and cut
some pulpwood. Your Uncle Sam
will see ..that it gets delivered where
and when it will do Hie army and navy the most good.
* * * *
Perhaps one of the local boys would
like to make the final delivery to Tojo
or Hitler. That's why It's lmportahl
now to "Cut-a-Cord of Pulpwood For
Every Local Boy in Service."
SMOPP3NG
WEEKS LEFTr
to Buy
GLOVES ._ ..
for r-j,._5v^/
HELEN S? ' --$_•
Sat/ Cftrteims&ea/s
Commercial Club
to Again Sponsor
Christmas Party
The commercial club" voted Tuesday
evening to sponsor the annual Christmas program again this year. The
event will take place on Saturday,
December IS at the armory. A free
bag of treats will be given to each
child who attends. Watch your Journal for further announcement.
German War
Prisoners to Work
Near Park Rapids
Contracts were signed recently by
seven Park Rapids tlinfbef operators
and representative- of the War Depart
meat for the use of 240 German prisoners of wiir in cutting pulpwood and
doing other timber work in the area.
Army officers have been in I'ark Ra-
pids for tie p"asl two weeks conferring
with the operators and Inspecting
sites where it is planned the prisoners
would be employed. Proposed camp
sites were also inspected and tw$ of
them were given approval.
One of the camps is located at
Squaw Lake, west of Itasra State
Park, lt is a former Civilian < '■■ nser-
vation cam]), now under control of the
state. The other site is located iu the
vicinity of Park Rapids and timber
operators for'whom the prisoners will
work are making arrangements to improve it according to War Department
specifications.
Prisoners will be boosed In these
two camps and will be transports, to
and from work by army trucks daily.
The prisoners are expected to arrive about December 15. A ft roe of
from fifty to sixty soldiers and officers
will be stationed at the two camps to
guard prisoners while at work. Res
ponsibility for the safe-keeping of the
men rests with the war department.
The seven firms ti give empliy-
ment to the prisoners and the number of men each has been alloted is as
follows:
Northern Pine Manufacturing Co.,
100.
Park Rapids Saw Mill Co., ~>0
M. C. Johnson, 30
J. R. Wilson, 20
Arnold Kahlstorf 20
Edwin hot, 10
Morley Timber 0"- 10'
Prisoners will be paid for their labor by the operators for whom they
work at rates agreed upon by the government.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King and Paul
of Emily and S. Sgt. Ronald King of
Cherry Point, N. C, were din net-
guests at the Dale Dubbs home Friday. Ronald left from ben; to return
to lis camp.
Netos From Our Service Men
ttxtxtxtxtxtxtxa
From South Pacific
Pear Editor:
Just a few lines from the southwest.
First, I. want to thank you for sending
the Journal as I sure enjoy reading it.
I am now In the Southwest Pacific
and feeling fine although I have lost
30-ponnds in the three months I have
been out here. Our food is fair but
mostly dehydrated. It is terrifically
hot down here by the Equator. I never knew it could get so hot. I now
have a dark tan and am able to stay
outside most of the day as it takes
quite some time to get accustomed to
the heat. We also have lots of rain,
anil when it rains it really rains.
I can't say anything about the war
but you know by reading the news
that tie hoys are doing a swell job
and I hope it isn't too long before we
can all return home. I send a "Cheery"
hello to all my friends in Pine River.
—Dale YV. Trude
* * * *
FROM SOUTH PACIFIC
Dear Grant:
This is my first letter for a long
time. Hope things are OK hack in
Pine River and from what I hear thos...
people are really hacking us up. I met
a fellow the other day. just frcsli
from the states and he said the midwest realizes the seriousness of tl:e
war but that the fellows on the coast
think that us boys down bete are
having a picnic. Wonder how they'd
like a little shrapnel for oreakfast.
Those fellows who go on strike are
as bad as any enemy agent or saboteur. Thank heavens my home-town
is )i it guilty of these transgresSh net
I'm really proud of tie way Pine River is standing behind us. It's very
gratifying and I think a lot of communities in America could profit by
Cass and ('row Wing County's fine effort. If I ever get back, I want to per
sonally thank all those people for all
they have done.
I hope the football and basketball
tennis i ave a successful year and add,
another to Pine River's row of i ro-
phies.
I've met a lot of fellows out here
from near Pine Itiver and also several
that I knew when I was at Ft. Shelling. My hint Iter, Glenn is down In
this area somewhere but the South ]'a
toOPOOOOOO
cific is a big place and I haven't been
able to locate him as yet.
Hello and good-luck to all of you
back there.
—Sgt. Vernon Basore, USMC
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Fi om Trinidad
Dear Lon :
Well, have you had one of your early November cold spells or snowstorms yet? Isteadi I hope you are
havin ga nice late fall. It was nice to
bear from you again and also that
you are all set for winter. It's always
nice when a person can say ''Let 'er
come.
There isn't any change in the weath
er here. One day follows the next in
the same monotonous order and it gets
tiresome, especially when a person is
used to a change of seasons. An still
busy as h—and just as warm so a few
snow-balls would look darn good.
I had hoped to be back on leave by
this time and enjoy some pleasant
hunting and a good visit in Pine Itiver but it doesn't pay for anyone out
here in the tropics to plan on anything. I, think 1 could get twenty-
days now but with the Christmas rush,
poor transportation, etc., I've decided
to wait until April and see what I can
do about my leave then. I now have
1."i-iiHiiit lis service in the tropics and
if I wait until I have 18, I should get
thirty-days unless some more rules
are made Seems that all some folks
do is see how tough they can make
things.
Was sorry to hear of the passing of
Dave Triggs. He must have taken
sick very suddenly,
I manage to get the Journal once or
twice a month and should write to
Grant aud have my addressed changed
as he is still using my old address
Which is probably holding it up. Seems
1 don't find time to write much anymore but tbe paper keeps me well post
ed.
I Just got a now barber from the
states who lias heen working in a ship
yard and making $450 per month. He
says he 1 as to work a lot harder here
than he did back in the shipyards.
Got your fish-hous,. ready? There
Id be some big ones down at the
dam now thai they have'been left alone.
—Lowell Klein S lie
Fewer Coupons
For the Same
Am't of Gasoline
PUT HOUSE IN ORDER
REPAIR RESTRICTIONS LIFTED
Tiie B and C mileage ration coupons
to be issued after December l, will be
good for five-gallons each. This will
not mean more gasoline, however. It
merely means that motorists and gas
si.11 ion attendants will nave fewer
coupons to handle and there will be a
greater saving In time and expense as
a result. Practically all the current
B and c coupons will be used up within thirty-days it is estimated.
The new supplemental coupons will
bear the designation R-_ and C-2, replacing the present B and C coupons
which now provide two gallons of gas.
GFasollne retailers who paste the coupons they collect on gummed sheets
which are turned over to the wholesaler will find their work reduced by
one-half and attendants will not have
to make as many trips to the pumps
for small sales. One book will do the
work of two and part of a third book,
eliminating the extra books.
Homemakers' worries have been
lifted today, according to W. L. Jensen, northwest regional WP!'. official,
who announced the lifting of restrictions on the repair of electric appliances, including electric irons toasters, electric refrigerators, washing
machines and plumbing fixtures.
The order lifts the ban on the use
of steel, copper and ..lumiuum by
repair shops for domestic use. Mr.
Jensen said that those affected by the
order are farm machinery shops, electricians, blacksmiths, radio repair
.shops, plumbers, refrigerator repair
shops automotive repair shops and
upholstery shops.
On the proper certification a repair shop may buy up to 20-tons of
carbon alloy steel, r>oo-pounds of copper ami copper-base alloy, lbrass mill
and foundary products and 200-pOUnds
of aluminum in listed forms. In ad
dition, electrical repairmen may buy
$50 worth of copper wire per quarter.
LOCALS
Sell it witn a Want Ad! Call 09
Mr. and Mrs. Al Downing and Mr.
and Mrs. Art Zigmund were guests at
the Francis Siefert home on Thanksgiving.
Heated Village Election
Slows Up As Polling
Date Approaches
FAMILY OF TEN GO WEST
IN FORD AUTOMOBILE
Princeton.—Much attention was attracted to the Model A Eord being refueled at a local filling station a few
days ago. In the car was a family, of
ten, traveling from Rush City, Minnesota to California, wdiere the father is
employed in a war plant. At the wheel
'was a lad a little less than 15 years of
tage, and beside him sat his mother
holding a 5% months old baby; in the
back seat was a 13-year old girl and
six younger brothers and sisters.
Funeral Services
for Gust Lofman
Here Monday
Gust Lofmanj who has operated a
farm in this vicinity for the past 25
years, passed away at the Brainerd
hospital Wednesday morning, after
•being ill only a short While Mr. Lof-
>man was G3 years of age at the time
of his death.
Gust Valentine Lofman was born in
Finland. He was a bachelor and had
operated a farm near Pine River for
the past 25 years.
Funeral services will be held from
the Methodist Church, Pine River, on
Monday afternoon at 2 p. in. with
the Rev. Kulla of Brainerd officiating.
Interment will be made in the Pine
Ridge Cemetery.
Basketball Schedule
Following is the basketball schedule for this season released by coach
Johnson for Pine River:
December 3: Pillager Here
December 10: Sebeka There
December 14: Brainerd There
January T: Pequot Lakes There
January 11: Crosby-Irohton Here
January 14: Backus Here
January 21 : Aitkin There
January 22: Crosby-Ironton There
February 4: Pequot Lakes Here
February 8: Menahga Here
February 11 : Pillager There
February IS: Backus There
February 25: Aitkin Here
BOX OF SHOTGUN SHELLS
IS FORTY-YEARS OLD
What started out to be a heated,
campaign for village offices, has
slowed up to the point where no opposition is offered.
By Saturday evening closing date
for filing, there were two candidate*"
for village clerk and three for mayor
Or president of the council • W. J.
Webb and L. M. Severeid filed for
clerk, the latter by petition and Homer Fraser, Harry Luscher and C. V.
Gardiner for mayor but by Monday all
candidates had withdrawn with the
exception of L. M. Severeid and Mr.
Gardiner whose names will appear on
the ballot without opposition. Francis Siefert is the only candidate for
councilman for a three-year term and
Miss Alice Henry will have no opposition in the treasurer's race.
The election will be held Tuesday,
December 7, at the armory from 8 a.
m., to 8 p. m.
Answered Call in
November
The following men were accepted
for service in the armed forces in the
November call:
Russell Peterson, Pine Biver
Theodore Purcell, Pine River
Dorian Zaske, I'ine River
Charlie Webster, Cass Lake
Edward Jackson Cass Lake
Clifford Swenson, Walker
Paul Webster, (yiss Lake
George Browneagle, Cass Lake
Richard Harrington, Pequot le Hagen, Walker
Karl Priem, Bena
DAIRY FEED PAYMENTS
New Richland.'—:Never 'lias there
been a more opportune time since the
year 1903, than this year to find the
40-year old box of shotgun shells that
came to light here a few days ago.
Kussell, Peterson, rummaging for
rags on top of his store refrigerator,
found a box dated 1903, and from till
.appearances it was placed there at
that time. Each shell is charged with
liallistite powder made in England, although tbe shells were manufactured
liv Winchester.
WSCS Bazaar
The AAA office announced this week
that about 600 drafts for payments to
producers of dairy products had been
mailed. E. J. Dorsey, chairman of the
county committee, urged that all farmers to whom applications for this
payment have been mailed, should sign
and return them immediately to the
county office so that drafts may be
issued.
Farmers who have not yet mailed
their cream statements or other evidence of sale, should keep them and
ii elude the three months of October,
November and December together.
This evidence will be called for early
in January.
TWIN CALVES BORN
SIX WEEKS APART
Don't forget the sale of aprons, rugs
and fancy-work at the M. E. Church
Bazaar tomorrow. Cirele No. 1 will
also offer a fine assortment of baked
goods for sale. Pie, sandwiches and
coffee will be served all afternoon.
Riosseau.—'The Guernsey-Jersey cow-
in tiie Albert Nelson herd who bore
two calves six weeks apart certainly
did Iher "darndest" to increase production. It sounds almost unbelievable but this is what happened. One
afternoon six-weeks after the birth of
a perfectly normal calf, the cow seemed very uneasy and took to the woods,
returning in the evening •with another
normal calf.
"We Are Buying War Bonds—Are You?"
Marvin Lundin has received his induction call and will soon leave for
Sheppard Field, Texas wliere lie will
train in the Army Air Corps.
Part of Sgt. Edward Straube's left
foot was shot away at Ferryville,
near Bizerte, North Africa. At Hal-
loran General Hospital, Staten Island,
N. Y., they are building up his foot
| bOj, ,\'. J., buys \«_r UoH-M regularly.
Sgt. Bernard Bello, 22, of New York,
was wounded by snipers during the
Sicilian campaign. His grandparents
live in Naples, and he has a brother
In the Army. Both buy War Bonds
l", ;id'M\;.. l),j v u t'n sis -••-r\?
Technician 5th Grade John A. Wis-
niewski, 25, of Door, Mich., lost his
right eye, three fingers and suffered
chest wounds from shrapnel in the
fight to capture Tunis. He is now
recovering at Halloran and is a regular "77,-ir E_ij)_ purchaser.
Pvt. Bernard Heidemann's left leg will
be two inches shorter when he is discharged from Halloran. He was wounded by a German bullot during the operations in Sicily last August. His
home is Chicago. He has been in traction since ^ept. He's buying bonds.
The nickname of Fvt. Milton Lieber-
man, 27, of Brooklyn, is "Clark Gable." He was wounded in Sicily last
August and has been at Halloran
since October. Every payday $12.50
is taken out for War Bonds Lieber-
man is buying. How many do you buy?